IE · 2015 · tespm090
At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+)
Ireland, 2015
In 2015, Ireland's at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+) increased by 12.5% compared to 2014, reaching 16.2.
Ireland accounts for 93.6% of the EU-27 total of 17.3.
Ireland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 43.4% (from 11.3 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.